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de si loin à aujourd'hui

English translation: from so far away until today


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French term or phrase:de si loin à aujourd\'hui
English translation:from so far away until today
Entered by: NASSAR Katia
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French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
French term or phrase: de si loin à aujourd'hui
titre d'une photo
NASSAR Katia
France
from so far away until today
Explanation:
one possibility

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-10-10 19:53:45 GMT)
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far away came mean in time or space or both

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-10 21:12:33 GMT)
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It seems to me that the author's choice to not evoke time specifically is deliberate. "So long ago" could have been expressed easily in French. This formulation is more mysterious, even if the reality presented is of time, this expressed distance in time like a foreign country. I believe the author has done this purposely.
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David Vaughn
France
Local time: 11:56
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Thank you very much to all of you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
1 +5so long ago... and right now
Tony M
3 +3then and nowroisin56
4looking back through time - a historical perspective
Catherine Gilsenan
4we've come a long way...
Katarina Peters
4from so far away until todayDavid Vaughn
3from so far past up to nowEuqinimod
3From so far away to now.Mary O’Connor
2so close and yet so far
Susan Nicholls
2the passage of time / time passes
Helen Shiner


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
de si loin à aujourd\'hui
From so far away to now.


Explanation:
More context would be helpful. What is the photograph of?

Mary O’Connor
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
so close and yet so far


Explanation:
Just a guess without seeing the phot, imagining that the subject of the photo is "loin" in time, space or culture, and that the "aujourd´hui" refers to the now of the viewer. Or so close and still so far...

Susan Nicholls
Spain
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
from so far past up to now


Explanation:
...

Euqinimod
France
Local time: 11:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Sorry, Dominique, but I'm afraid "so far past up to now" really doesn't sound a bit natural in EN.
52 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
from so far away until today


Explanation:
one possibility

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-10-10 19:53:45 GMT)
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far away came mean in time or space or both

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-10 21:12:33 GMT)
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It seems to me that the author's choice to not evoke time specifically is deliberate. "So long ago" could have been expressed easily in French. This formulation is more mysterious, even if the reality presented is of time, this expressed distance in time like a foreign country. I believe the author has done this purposely.

David Vaughn
France
Local time: 11:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 185
Grading comment
Thank you very much to all of you
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
we've come a long way...


Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 05:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
the passage of time / time passes


Explanation:
Difficult one - this is my attempt to capture the idea that this building survives into the present day from long ago.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 140
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +5
so long ago... and right now


Explanation:
In order to come up with something suitably creative, it really would be necessary to have a wider view of the artist's work, and this image in particular.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2009-10-11 13:52:01 GMT)
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In that case, perhaps "It's made it this far..." might be more apt

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Note added at 18 hrs (2009-10-11 14:08:47 GMT)
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Or how about: "Down the years..."?

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: From so far back in time until today - like you, I think time not physical distance is what is meant.//Quite so. We can but ask.
18 mins
  -> Thanks, helen! i think it's likely, though as you say, of course it really does all depend on the actual context...
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
20 mins
  -> Thanks, Patricia!
agree  emiledgar: Clearly, from then to now.
53 mins
  -> Merci, Emile !
agree  kashew: Hi!
12 hrs
  -> Thanks! Hi, J :-)
agree  Cervin
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cervin!
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
looking back through time - a historical perspective


Explanation:
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Catherine Gilsenan
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
then and now


Explanation:
succint?

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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2009-10-12 05:33:42 GMT)
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You could also try something else like

The past in your hands/ right in front of you

giving the idea the two times coincinding via the act of looking at the photo
Just a thought

roisin56
France
Local time: 11:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: I like it, but we really need to know more about the photo and context...
2 hrs
  -> thank you, Trudy
agree  Jim Tucker: Everything else is just a train wreck.
4 hrs
  -> Not many dead here
agree  B D Finch: Commonly used as a caption for old photos juxtaposed with recent ones.
11 hrs
  -> thank you
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